Example sentences of "[noun sg] call on the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also at the United Nations , the President called on the Soviet Union to reduce its stocks immediately to 20 per cent of the current US arsenal , which is unofficial estimated to be 30,000 tons . |
| 2 | On his way home from Asia Minor Stephen Lazarević called on the Byzantine emperor , Manuel II Paleologus , who conferred on the Serbian leader the title of despot . |
| 3 | In a report on accident and emergency provision , published yesterday , the Commons public accounts committee called on the Scottish Office to maintain close checks on the employment of first year , pre-registration junior doctors in four rural and island hospitals , and to end the practice as soon as possible . |
| 4 | Also reaffirmed was a commitment to protect the environment and to the creation of a new regional ecological order , support being expressed for the Costa Rican government 's proposal calling on the UN to establish a Council of the Planet Earth during the UN Conference on Environment and Development in Brazil in 1992 . |
| 5 | On the Soviet Union , the European Council calls on the republics to respect the rights of minorities , to implement international agreements on arms control and nuclear non-proliferation , to control and secure their nuclear weapons , and to honour their obligations in respect of the Soviet Union 's external debt . |
| 6 | In detail the proposal called on the Iraqi leadership " to announce without further delay Iraq 's intention to withdraw from Kuwait under a specific timetable and to begin an immediate , rapid and massive withdrawal " . |
| 7 | Hurtado called on the re-contras to surrender their weapons to an OAS committee . |
| 8 | In its report , The Fight Against Fraud ( HL Paper 44 , HMSO , £6.60 ) , the Committee calls on the Commission to draw up a specific action programme for the Council of Ministers to consider , setting out the times by which each element is to be completed and requiring that progress reports , accompanied by a report from the Court of Auditors , should be submitted to the European and national Parliaments . |
| 9 | Amnesty called on the government to translate into reality its constitutional obligations to protect human rights . |
| 10 | Amnesty called on the government ( which had recently set up a human rights task force and an inquiry into alleged atrocities ) to admit the extent of abuses in the past , including its own role , in order to clear the atmosphere for a fresh approach on human rights observance . |
| 11 | The group calls on the experience of land and marine geologists , sedimentologists and coastal engineers . |
| 12 | He will propose a motion at Monday 's special meeting calling on the committee to reverse its decision . |
| 13 | Completing the two-year project to time and budget called on the skills of a first-class management team This included project manager Richard Smyth ; project coordinator , Peter Green ; senior agents Robert Vickers , Paul Cadman and Neil Sheddon and agent Barry Kingscote . |
| 14 | The chairman called on the Department to take action about those complaints because if it did not do so there would be little industry left to take action about . |
| 15 | The ceasefire broke down within hours , however , and the Croatian Defence Ministry called on the population to mobilize for a " very long defensive campaign " . |
| 16 | Two studies have shown that general practitioners can deal with a high proportion of night calls on the telephone , but Sheldon and Harris found that fewer than 3% of night calls received by two deputising services were dealt with by giving advice by telephone without a visit . |
| 17 | But after the weekend killing of 23 Pakistani UN troops , a new Somali-language radio station called on the 18,000-strong multinational peace-keeping force to go . |
| 18 | Thus in 1802 when a group of spahis called on the Serbs to join them in resisting the dayis very few Serbs responded . |
| 19 | On Dec. 9 the National Assembly called on the US Congress to lift sanctions which it claimed would " kill millions of Iraqis " . |
| 20 | Last year the UN General Assembly called on the junta to release Aung San Suu Kyi and transfer power to her National League for Democracy . |
| 21 | Aristide called on the legislators to be " responsible " , and warned that Préval 's removal would seriously harm efforts to attract more foreign aid . |
| 22 | Will my hon. Friend call on the hon. Member for Livingston to make a similar admission of the error of his ways ? |
| 23 | In time I was able to replace Harold Davies in covering the Monday evening sessions of the City Council , with daily morning calls on the offices of the mayor and Dan Craven , the City Clerk . |
| 24 | The Royal Society for Nature Conservation called on the next government to give the National Rivers Authority powers to veto thirsty building and industrial developments , and to make more water available for rivers and wetlands . |
| 25 | AN INSPECTOR CALLS ON THE CITY |
| 26 | By agreeing to talks with the North , the Americans won China 's abstention when the UN Security Council passed a resolution this month calling on the North to stay in the NPT . |
| 27 | In April AI called on the Mauritanian Government to investigate reports that up to 200 political prisoners had died or been killed in military or police custody — some executed without trial and many others as a result of torture . |
| 28 | In a recent report , AI called on the Afghan Government to end the torture and long-term detention without trial of political prisoners . |
| 29 | The petition calls on the secretary of state to ask BS not to go ahead with the planned transport switch and to urge BR to promote the Red-mire branch for freight and passenger traffic . |
| 30 | ‘ This national petition calls on the Government to save the British coal industry . |